Disclaimer –

Derek's work has been registered at the U.S. Library of Congress, so it would be a terrible financial idea to plagiarize or use any of the material found on this website for your own purposes. Nevertheless, enjoy the writing!

Introduction: While I’ve always written poems, they’ve lately taken the form of either sonnets or song lyrics. So these poems were largely written in high school and college where a few of them were published in whatever publications would not immediately scorn silly poetry. Reading these is like a trip down memory lane for those with amnesia.

The Metaphor (NEW!!) - What started as a poem making fun of poetry turned into this eulogy for a part of speech. I don't understand how I write, sometimes.

Dumptruck (NEW!!) - This short poem came from the same bigger poem making fun of poetry, which explains the similar meter. How these two bastard children came from the same mother is just bizarre.

Catching Tears - *Technically* a song, this is one that hasn't ever found its way to a recording, and without a clear chorus, it makes a better poem, I think. It's short and sad, just how I like my women.

Christopher the Enigmatic – Vaguely self-inspired, I was more trying to copy the impossible rhyme schemes of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It happens when you’re in London.